CANNABIS CULTURE - An Ontario man was visited at his home by RCMP officers from Canada's Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (INSETs) after making a phone call to Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to voice his concern over the extradition of marijuana activist Marc Emery.
Joe Rogan is angry with Canada. It seems the Los Angeles-based standup comedian loves the Great White North and its famously friendly inhabitants, but is none too pleased with Canada’s recent decision to extradite B.C. pot activist Marc Emery to the U.S. for selling marijuana seeds through the mail.
Conclusions about the authenticity of the Church of the Universe reached by the Crown’s expert witness would have been laughed at by fellow academics and would never have been written by a respectable scholar, a lawyer for the church told the Ontario Superior Court on Tuesday.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Another 'Free Marc Emery' campaign activist was arrested during a Conservative MP office occupation in an apparent attempt by Canadian officials to subvert the rights of peaceful protestors. The arrest is the third in days for members of the campaign, who say authorities are using brute force and shady tactics to keep them quiet.
A small group of demonstrators took their protest over the recent deportation of marijuana activist Marc Emery to the riding office of MP Cathy McLeod Monday.
Linking drug use to al-Qaida: Stephen Harper has invited world leaders to a special session of this month's G8 summit on the 'destabilizing impact of drug trafficking and terrorist bases in the African region'.